noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/fækˈtɪsɪti/
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General-American:/fækˈtɪsɪti/
General-American:[-ɾi]
1
noun
Meaning 1
The quality or state of being a fact.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: factuality, factualness
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
In existentialism, the state of being in the world without any knowable reason for such existence, or of being in a particular state of affairs which one has no control over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: specifically, uncountable, usually
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dasein, thrownness
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A fact that is not changeable or that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
Examples
Near-synonyms: given, axiom, postulate
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: given, axiom, postulate
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From fact + -icity, possibly modelled on German Faktizität which first appeared in the writings of the German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814).
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
وَاقِعِيَّة
(wāqiʕiyya)
— quality or state of being a fact
Estonian:
faktilisus
— quality or state of being a fact
French:
facticité
— quality or state of being a fact
Italian:
fatticità
— quality or state of being a fact
Spanish:
facticidad
— quality or state of being a fact
Swedish:
fakticitet
— quality or state of being a fact
Estonian:
faktilisus
— state of being in the world without any knowable reason for such existence, or of being in a particular state of affairs which one has no control over
French:
facticité
— state of being in the world without any knowable reason for such existence, or of being in a particular state of affairs which one has no control over
German:
Faktizität
— state of being in the world without any knowable reason for such existence, or of being in a particular state of affairs which one has no control over
Icelandic:
staðvera
— state of being in the world without any knowable reason for such existence, or of being in a particular state of affairs which one has no control over
Italian:
fatticità
— state of being in the world without any knowable reason for such existence, or of being in a particular state of affairs which one has no control over
Norwegian:
faktisitet
— state of being in the world without any knowable reason for such existence, or of being in a particular state of affairs which one has no control over
Portuguese:
facticidade
— state of being in the world without any knowable reason for such existence, or of being in a particular state of affairs which one has no control over
Spanish:
facticidad
— state of being in the world without any knowable reason for such existence, or of being in a particular state of affairs which one has no control over
Swedish:
fakticitet
— state of being in the world without any knowable reason for such existence, or of being in a particular state of affairs which one has no control over
